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Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 11:45 pm Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
Here we have a train of "Triplex" units climbing the ramp at Fresh Pond, working a 1975 fantrip; note several retired Fishbowls in between the ramps, silently awaiting their ultimate fate... ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 11:43 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B.:
GREAT photo; gives you an idea of how the "Dangerfield" fleet would have looked, equipped with batwings (what a sight at night!)
Man, between the graffiti epidemic and th ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 11:42 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
(SEE PREVIOUS POST)
NO RESPECT whatsoever for these bruised and battle-scarred "Dangerfields"........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154953
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/s ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 7:23 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
Further.........
I wonder if "Bomber" #631 was delivered with batwings already in place, or was this done "in house" by the "Em-Tee-Yay", after delivery?
Imagine if ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 11:20 am Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
Seen here at the 207th Street yards back in 2001, and flanked by classic rolling stock, it is obvious that "62" #1370 had recently suffered one heckuva "Excedrin" day (hopefully, n ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 8:27 am Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
Also.........
Note that, on the a/c buses, the windows are open, despite the fact that the photo was snapped in June.
Too, regarding the "batwing" Fishbowl, it is obvious that the rear ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Thu May 09, 2024 8:22 am Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
This 1970 photo taken at St. George in 1970 (note "Sherman" heading westbound at upper left) shows another, far more "bizarre" clearance train (again, for the "R-44s" th ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 10:50 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B.:
GOOD LUCK!
A photo in "NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT BUSES" (Martin) caught my eye earlier this evening; the photo on page #76 shows "Tee-Yay" #2033 (a TDH-5301), displ ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 7:04 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
"Missing" nycsubway.org vintage bus photos (continued):
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Early "Jetson"-era photos (there's perhaps two or three, if that, at nycsubway.org, found with the subway photos)
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Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 6:55 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
And if any such pics existed, most likely it was I that brought them here! |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 8:04 am Subject: Re: 44A-Union Turpike, Q44B-Malba Shu |
The Q44 likely had the largest number of alpha-numeric variations of any NYC bus route: Q44A-Union Turnpike (now Q46); Q44B-Malba Shuttle (gone); Q44FS-Flushing Shuttle (basically replaced by the Q20B ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 7:57 am Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
Here are a few more early 1970s (Fishbowl) photos from Queens........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153272
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153251
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 7:52 am Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
"Tee-Yay" rolling stock running on "foreign rails"..............
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?24431
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?113309
https://www.nycsubway ... |
Topic: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 7:50 am Subject: On this day in 1964, we beheld the glorious future....... |
Interesting..........
The "Eye-En-Dee's" new "R-1s" were tested on "Bee-Em-Tee" rails.
In the last few years of service, prewar "Eye-En-Dee" cars operate ... |
Topic: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
W.B. Fishbowl
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Forum: New York City Buses Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 4:35 pm Subject: Indiana Jones storms the IRT----in Scotland! |
WB.:
You're the one for this......
How many buses did the "Em-Tee-Yay" roster with the "PA" prefix before the number?
See:
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?154962
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